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LA Spring Cure 08: Week 8 - Celebrate Your Accomplishments

A beautiful use of West Elm block shelves by TranqWell, well, well. Here we are. Week 8. So many weeks ago, when you think back to how things were, who woulda thunk that now, 2 months later, you wo...

LA Spring Cure O8: Week 7: A Restful Space

Abby's bedroom Wow! We're coming down the home stretch. This is really the last full week of work in your home. Next week's focus will be on getting ready for your housewarming party. Maxwell chr...

Are You Ready for an Emergency?

The last few days have been beautiful, haven't they? When the weather in Los Angeles is beautiful, there's nothing like it. But we know, living in an earthquake zone, that disaster can strike when w...

LA Good Question: Perfect Shade of Grey

This week in the Cure we're thinking about color and one of our Curees needs some help. Dean loves the grey on the walls of Kate Spade's bedroom and writes: I'm searching for the perfect grey for m...

Not Perfect is Perfect

Looking through magazines and books for inspiration, we can sometimes get discouraged. Our house isn’t perfect. We have so much to do. We hate that couch. That closet is a mess. We’ll never b...

What's In Your Outbox?

Throughout the Cure you're encouraged to use your Outbox, a corner or box or room that you've designated to put anything that isn't fitting in, adding or working in a room. Trust us, it helps with se...

Putting The Inside of Your Closet To Work

As we shared earlier, we're working on our closet for own Spring Cure 08. It's got two challenges: it's an extension of our home office and it's right off our living room -- so we need it to look ext...

Flower Arranging, part 2: Deconstructing A Bouquet

While we could display this mixed arrangement as received, we prefer to spread the love around. With that goal in mind, we took it apart and rummaged through our vases. The results after the jump.....

Flower Arranging

We're big on flowers over here at AT. A gift to yourself, and to your house, a simple bouquet can add a touch of luxury for only a few dollars. While flower arranging is an art in Japan, here the a...